Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1909 — BIG CRACK IN LIBERTY BELL [ARTICLE]

BIG CRACK IN LIBERTY BELL

New Fracture Extends Seventeen tncTws »vyonci vfw Philadelphia, Feb. 16.—The discovery that the crack in the Liberty Beu has extended seventeen inches hwyniwi Its original length, caused the starting •f another movement to prevent the proposed trip of the Old relic to the Pacific coast. The second crack, which io scarcely perceptible, extends almost to the tap of the bell, and any sudden jolt may cause the bell to split In half, -'•2 ■/